Dr. Travis Steffens takes a selfie while holding a pair of binoculars in a forest
Dr. Travis Steffens

Dr. Travis Steffens, a biological anthropologist in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, discussed how his research on lemurs uses a OneHealth approach on an episode of the One World, One Health podcast from One Health Trust. 

Steffens discussed how lemurs can help better the understanding around disease pathogens and the implications his research has for human health. 

A professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Steffens researches human-lemur interactions within a shared environment, specifically in Madagascar.  

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